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indicium

noun/ɪnˈdɪʃɪəm/

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A distinguishing sign or mark serving to indicate the commercial origin of goods or services.

The stylised logo functioned as an indicium of origin recognised throughout the market.

Similar: mark

Topic: Intellectual property in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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